Lindenhurst is a station on the

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of the

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. It is officially located at Wellwood Avenue ( Suffolk CR 3) and East Hoffman Avenue ( Suffolk CR 12) in

Lindenhurst, New York Lindenhurst is a village in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the southern shore of Long Island in the town of Babylon. The population was 27,253 at the 2010 census. The village is officially known as the Incorporated Village of Linden ...

History

Lindenhurst station is typical of the elevated

stations that were rebuilt during the mid-to-late 20th Century. It was originally built by the

South Side Railroad of Long Island The South Side Railroad of Long Island was a railroad company in the U.S. state of New York. Chartered in 1860 and first opened in 1867 as a competitor to the Long Island Rail Road, it was reorganized in 1874 as the Southern Railroad of Long Isla ...

on October 28, 1867, as "Wellwood" It was renamed "Breslau" in 1870, after developers Thomas Welwood and Charles S. Schleier renamed the community after their native Breslau in

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, then was renamed "Lindenhurst" in 1891.

Vincent F. Seyfried Vincent Francis Seyfried (April 18, 1918-April 14, 2012, aged 93) was an American historian of Long Island. His work between 1950 and 2010 includes eleven books on trolley systems in Queens and Long Island, twelve books on areas of Queens, a seven- ...

, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., 1961 The station burned down suspiciously on January 22, 1901. The second station was built in 1902. This station was replaced with a temporary station with high-level platforms on October 25, 1968, when construction of the current elevated station was started. The current elevated station was opened on August 7, 1973, and was renovated in the early 2000s, along with much of the rest of the Babylon line. The 1902 station was moved to a private location and restored as a museum in 1971.Lindenhurst Historical Society & Former Railroad Station
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Station layout

The station has one 10-car-long high-level

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between the two tracks.

References

External links

Old Lindenhurst Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
*Unofficial LIRR History Website
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May2007 Photos

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Platforms

Travis Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Station House from Google Maps Street View

East entrance from Google Maps Street View
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